Page 18 - Iraq

Supporters of Shiite cleric rally in Baghdad, demand reform

Mostly men in their late teens or early 20s, waved Iraqi flags and chanted slogans as patriotic music blared from loudspeakers

Iraqi forces close to free two IS-held towns in south of Mosul

A US-led international coalition has been conducting air raids against the IS targets in both Iraq and Syria

Top IS commander Shishani killed: Jihadist-linked agency

Iraqi forces are conducting operations to set the stage for a final push to Mosul, the country's second city that fell to IS in June 2014

Iraq officials: Suicide car bomb kills 8 in Baghdad district

On Tuesday, at least 12 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at an outdoor market in al-Rashidiya

Iraq war was illegal, says Blair's former deputy

John Prescott, made the remarks in a piece to be published in the Sunday Mirror newspaper

Iraq PM announces recapture of key base from IS militants

Iraq's second-largest city fell to IS militants during their summer 2014 onslaught that captured large swaths of northern and western Iraq

Iraq executes five after devastating Baghdad blast: Ministry

IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but has since lost signficant ground to Iraqi forces

Attack west of Baghdad kills 14, wounds 32

Attack struck an Abu Ghraib mosque last night as worshippers gathered to pray after breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan

30,000 displaced from Iraq's Fallujah in 3 days: NGO

Fallujah was the first city to fall out of government control in Jan 2014, as jihadists began to establish a foothold on it

Iraq forces retake central Fallujah from ISIS

It is the latest setback for the jihadists who have also lost territory in neighbouring Syria and in Libya in recent weeks

New Zealand, Australian forces train 7,000 Iraqi troops

Around 100 NZDF personnel and 300 Australian Defence Force troops are involved in the mission at Camp Taji

Iraqi forces discover 400 bodies in mass grave near Fallujah

Police of Anbar said the mass burial site was discovered in the town of Saqlawiya, northwest of Fallujah in the Euphrates Valley

Iraq will probe abuses in Fallujah operation

Prime Minister has ordered the creation of a human rights committee to examine violation to the instructions on the protection of civilians

Bombings kill 15 in and around Iraqi capital

Attacks by ISIS come as Iraqi forces are attempting to retake the western city of Fallujah from Islamic State militants

Iraq's Fallujah operation slowed by civilians, ISIS resistance

Fighting also raged hundreds of kilometres further up the Euphrates Valley in Syria

US says bid to retake Iraq's Mosul from ISIS making progress

The Iraqi army said in late March that its troops had launched what was expected to be a long offensive to retake Mosul

7 dead, 22 wounded in raid on Iraqi gas plant claimed by ISIS

According to the government, ISIS controls only 14% of Iraqi territory, down from the 40% it held in 2014

Iraqi forces must fight for their own country: US

The US further added that it can only provide a training and advisory role in the war-torn nation, after it emerged that ISIS had killed a third American soldier

51 people killed in Iraq bombing

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack

Suicide car bomb kills 29 south of Baghdad: Police

A doctor at Hilla hospital said at least 11 of the wounded were in a very serious condition